Role Summary
Join our innovative team as a Lead Software Engineer in Boston, MA, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of CDS (Clinical Decision Support). This hybrid position offers the opportunity to lead technical execution for a cross-functional engineering team in delivering high-quality software that enhances healthcare outcomes. You will report to an Engineering Manager.
Team Summary
Our CDS engineering team builds mission-critical solutions that help healthcare providers make informed, evidence-based decisions at the point of care. We empower providers with timely, actionable clinical guidance integrated into their workflows to support preventive care, disease management, and patient safety. Our collaborative, mission-driven team is passionate about making a meaningful impact on healthcare outcomes, leveraging technology to improve care quality and streamline workflows. We foster an environment of continuous learning and innovation, encouraging team members to share ideas and drive improvements.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software within an agile cross-functional team.
- Own technical designs and help guide implementation in alignment with architectural standards and business goals.
- Build scalable, maintainable, well-tested software using modern engineering best practices.
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, and support for sound design decisions.
- Regularly leverage AI-assist software tooling in ways that increase throughput, effectiveness, and quality.
- Evaluate and propose opportunities for generative AI as part of delivering solutions to delight customers.
- Develop strong knowledge of the CDS domain, including clinical rules, patient data, and point-of-care workflows, to act as a technical subject matter expert.
- Partner closely with product, design, clinical stakeholders, and adjacent engineering teams to deliver practical, scalable solutions that translate clinical requirements into actionable guidance.
- Take ownership of deliverables and coordinate cross-team efforts to ensure successful execution.
Additional Job Responsibilities
- Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
- Clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Foster strong collaboration between product, clinical stakeholders, and engineering by creating clarity, surfacing risks early, and helping the team make informed, timely decisions.
Expected Education & Experience
- 6+ years of software engineering experience and a strong product development background.
- Proven experience leading full-stack development teams, including technical mentoring and design oversight.
- Proficiency in React, modern frontend architecture, core web technologies—HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Java.
- Experience with generative AI and AI-assist software engineering tooling.
- Solid experience with relational databases and data modeling.
- Experience designing and supporting APIs and working across distributed systems and evolving system architectures, including monolith and microservices environments.
- Nice to have: Experience with CDS, rules engines, or healthcare interoperability standards such as FHIR and Clinical Quality Language (CQL).
- Nice to have: GraphQL, Unix/Linux experience, and exposure to legacy technologies in large-scale production environments.
- Strong communication, ownership, accountability, and a track record of adopting new technologies.
Expected Compensation
$143,000 - $243,000
The base salary range shown reflects the full range for this role from minimum to maximum. At athenahealth, base pay depends on multiple factors, including job-related experience, relevantknowledge and skills, how your qualifications compare to others in similar roles,and geographical market rates. Base pay is only one part of our competitive Total Rewards package - depending on role eligibility, we offer both short and long-term incentives by way of an annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans.
